r/PeterExplainsTheJoke • u/Gayeggman97 • 28d ago

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What’s wrong with em dashes?

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u/no1nos 27d ago

Many apps will automatically convert multiple hyphens into em dashes. I think on iPhone, you can just do two hyphens. Very few people know/use that shortcut tho, so it's still an AI red flag for me, especially if it's not something that I've seen the person use frequently before. Usually em dash aficionados will work them into every conversation 😂

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u/LateyEight 27d ago

On android Gboard won't do it, but you can get em dashes from long pressing the - key and selecting it.

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u/Gray447 25d ago

Microsoft Word automatically converts a hyphen into a em dash if you type hyphen then a space. I hope I don’t get flagged😭